The Meatballs are prepared with chicken mince and bacon and tossed in a tomato gravy. Serving the meatballs with a mint sauce and hummus.
Naan recipe has been posted, check under the category 'Breads'.
Ingredients
500 gms chicken mince
200 gms bacon or chicken ham or chicken salami
grind the chicken mince and bacon together
and keep aside
Ingredients 2
1cup finely chopped olives
1tsp pepper powder
1tsp cumin powder
salt to taste
1 egg
2 slice of bread ground
Ingredients 3
5 to 6 finely chopped green chilli
3 onions finely chopped
2 stalks of celery finely chopped
stir fry the above ingredients together.
Method
Mix ingredients of 1,2 and 3 together well
form into balls . Refrigerate for an hour .
After an hour shallow fry without any oil.
Oil is not needed if you are adding bacon.
But if adding chicken ham or salami add oil for frying.
For the gravy
Ingredients
2 finely chopped onion
8 medium size tomatoes pureed
1/2 cup red wine
salt to taste
a bit of sugar
1tsp pepper powder
2 tsp chilli powder
Method
Stir fry the finely chopped onion till lightly browned.
Add the pureed tomato and very little amount of water.
Add the salt, pepper and chilli powder and little sugar.
Cook on medium flame for 2 mins
Then add the 1/2 cup red wine.
Cook for another 10 mins on low flame stirring occasionally.
Add the fried meatballs to the gravy and cook for 15 to 20 mins on low flame.
Hummus
Ingredients
200 gms chickpeas soaked in water overnight
then pressure cook on high for one whistle then low for 20 mins. Drain out the water.
Add 10 to 12 cloves garlic
puree the mixture
Method
To the pureed mixture add 1 tsp cumin powder, 1 tsp pepper powder, salt to taste , chilli powder about 1/2 tsp and 1 tsp lemon juice
drizzle olive oil
For the coriander mint sauce
1 Cup yoghurt whisked well
add to the yoghurt some coriander and mint chutney
salt to taste and little amount of sugar.
For the chutney
Take 1/4 cup coriander leaves
few mint leaves
green chilli according to taste
puree the chutney ingredients.
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